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Witchcraft 666: The Devil's Mistress
[Troma]
1994; color
Directed by Julie Davis
Starring: Jerry Spicer, Debra K. Beatty, Shannon McLeod, Craig Stepp & Kurt Alan
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This film is apparently the sixth in an ongoing franchise of Witchcraft movies that began in 1988 and now, in 2006, is up to an astounding 13th installment. (On the IMDB #13 is listed as "currently in production".) Having not seen any of the five films in the series preceding this one, or any of the six that have followed thus far, I can confidently say after watching Witchcraft 666 that I don't feel like I've missed anything. Two bungling cops assigned to what looks like the case of an active - make that very active - serial killer stumble upon a satanic cult awash in blood, sex and pentagrams. They enlist the help of a divorce attorney, who also happens to be psychic, thus giving him an inside track to the killer. (As it turns out, when he was younger, the psychic divorce attorney was part of the very same cult but renounced it in favor of a non-satanic cult lifestyle.) We the viewer know the killings have in fact been carried out by a trio of Satanists - a man and woman who go in search of potential girl victims (and, occasionally, fuck and kill them—at least in the case of the man) and their master. The goal is to find a virgin he can sacrifice at the next lunar eclipse but apparently virgins are hard to come by in LA and girls keep prematurely dying on the altar before any sacrificing can take place, much to the dismay of the head Satanist. By some strange coincidence, the attorney's secretary just so happens to be a recent graduate of a convent school, although she's not a nun. This makes her the prime target for a virgin sacrifice though and, eventually, she winds up on the altar with a pentagram and 666 embossed on her skin. (You've gotta see this effect to really get it, but it is actually pretty cool.) I can't really recommend this film, but I certainly can't say it's unwatchable either. If you're a fan of the series—and there must be some of you out there judging by the number of sequels—you've either already seen it or eventually will. Those who judge movies by the Joe Bob Briggs breasts-per-scene ratio will also have plenty to look forward to. As usual with these Troma "remastered director's cut" editions there's an intro by Lloyd Kaufman and the expected copious amounts of Tromatic insanity.
—the Kommandant
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